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Meshes of the Afternoon

Directed by Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid1943USA14 mins

One of the most influential avant garde films of all time, Alexander Hammid and Maya Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon stars Deren as a woman inside of a labyrinthine nightmare, inhabited by her double as well as a mysterious cloaked figure with the face of a mirror.

'Meshes of the Afternoon' is screening in:

Planting Seeds: A New Prehistory

Planting Seeds highlights three seminal films from the avant-garde tradition which have directly influenced generations of queer film­ makers. Though made under very different circumstances, these films show an uncanny relationship to each other on a formal level.

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Director
Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid
Year
1943
Country
USA
Running Time
14 mins
Language
Silent